Solid Free to Play Puzzler – Puzzle & Dragons (English) Review

The base gameplay is fun. Free roam match 3 plus monster gathering and leveling. Skill intensive at higher levels as you try to match an entire board. What's not to love? Glad you asked! There are some unfun mechanics: energy based runs, random (real money) rolls to acquire the best monsters, obtuse mechanics that will instantly kill you if you don't already know them. There's ways to mitigate all the negatives, but it requires a deep dive to figure them out. If you want to take the time, you can be a successful free to play player. If you want to throw money at it... well, actually that still doesn't get you past the hardest part. Skill. You will fail f you can't consistently match. Which might be my favorite part of the game.
Review by Charles.A.Mullen on Puzzle & Dragons (English).